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Talents of Modernization Research

The talents of the modernization research came from the different field, such as politics, economy, sociology, culture, history, etc. Here we introduce some scientists in the areas.    

 Classic Modernization Theory (CMT)

Prof. Max Weber, Sociologists, Germany , The Protestant Ethic and the Spirit of Capitalism, 1904  

Prof. D. Lerner,   The Passing of Traditional Society, Modernizing the Middle East, 1958

Prof. C.E.Black, Sociologist, USA, The Dynamics of Modernization, 1966; Comparative Modernization, 1976

Prof. A. Inkeles, Sociologist, USA, Becoming Modern: Individual CHanging in Six Developing Countries, 1974

Prof. M. J. Levy, Sociologist, USA, Modernization and the structure of societies, 1962

Prof. T. Parsons, Sociologist, USA, The Structure of Social Action, 1987

Prof. W.W.Rostow, Economist, USA, The Stages of Economic Growth, a Non-Communist Manifesto, 1962

Prof. S. P. Huntington, Politics, USA, The political order in changing society, 1968

Prof. R. Bendix

Prof. S.N. Eisenstadt,  

Prof. Luo Rongqu, Histry, China, New Perspect on Modernization, 1993 

 Post-Modernization Theory (PMT)

Prof. D. Bell, Sociologists, USA, The Coming of Post-Industrial Society, 1973

Prof. Jean-Francois  Lyotard,  The Postmodern Condition: A Report on Knowledge, 1984

Prof. D. Griffin, Spirituality and Society: Post modern Vision, 1997

Prof. S.Best, Postmodern Theory, 1991

Prof. D.Kellner, Postmodern Theory, 1991

Prof. S. Crook,  Post-modernisation: change in advanced society. UK Brunel University, 1992

Prof. R.  Inglehart,   Modernization and Postmodernization: cultural, economic, and political changes in 43 societies. Princeton, New Jersey: Princeton University Press, 1997

Second Modernization Theory (SMT)

Prof. He Chuanqi,China， Second Modernization, 1998

Prof. E.Triyakian , USA,  " new modernization" (1991)

Prof. W. Zapf, Germany，"continuous modernization", 1994

Prof. U. Beck, Reflexive Modernization, 1994

Prof. J. Huber, Ecological Modernization, 1985

List of the scholarships of modernization research

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Field

CMT

PMT

D. Griffin

SMT